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knock some sense into

knock some sense into verb: to reprimand or reform someone vigorously.

Verb

knock some sense into (third-person singular simple present knocks some sense into, present participle knocking some sense into, simple past and past participle knocked some sense into)

  1. (idiomatic) To reprimand or reform someone vigorously.

Forms of knock some sense into

third-person singular presentknocks some sense into
present participleknocking some sense into
past participleknocked some sense into
pastknocked some sense into

Questions about knock some sense into

What does knock some sense into mean?
Knock some sense into means to reprimand or reform someone vigorously.
What part of speech is knock some sense into?
Knock some sense into is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock some sense into?
The past tense of knock some sense into is knocked some sense into.

Words near knock some sense into in the dictionary

  1. knock round
  2. knock rummy
  3. knock shop
  4. knock shops
  5. knock sideways
  6. knock some sense into
  7. knock someone down with a feather
  8. knock someone flat
  9. knock someone for six
  10. knock someone into the middle of next week
  11. knock someone off their perch

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